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Monday, November 07, 2011

It's a Small Small World

There are some days when the world just seems to contract. Today I want to write poetry about it, but I can't somehow. I don't know if the smallness of the world is created by my getting older, or by my travel around the world, or something else. It is partly created by the internet. When one blog quotes someone from your hometown and and you "virtually" meet someone on facebook who just had dinner with your parents half a world away, it's hard to keep straight which world I actually live in. The two (or three) very distinct worlds have begun to blur. My students read books from my hometown authors and blogger authors in part because I have brought those books here, but also because of something else. This something else is the REAL reason the world feels small...

The body of Christ is all connected. Whether on this continent, or the next one over, or across a vast ocean, God's church is all knit together. We are, after all, one body. So, when all this small worldness seems strange, I only need to remind myself that it is a wonderful and supernatural thing in the world and begin to revel. So today, I revel in the day of small things... small worlds... worlds where the lips work together to smile, where the two hands clap together in praise.

469. Checking twitter more often to see my students update their thankful lists470. A spinning glass with butterflies in orange471. Coming home to a good dinner cooked by Molly472. Teresa's house all decorated for fall473. The smell of a curling iron heating in the cool morning air474. Having a weekend to rest and recover from illness475. Crazy hair day and mismatch day at school476. Words of life written on a student's page477. Giving books away to people who will love them and read them478. Eager faces earning prizes479. Free meat from the neighbors--being reminded of sacrifice and what it really looks like: death480. Beautiful Persian rugs481. Not being in a war zone482. Frank Sinatra and Swing Music483. Days full of cooking484. Clean Ikea down comforter gift in the second-hand bazaar485.Whole wheat flour and oatmeal in large quantities486. Hospitality and love from friends with coffee and pumpkin scones487. Laundry smells488. Reading aloud with the power off489. Good friends visiting490. Late nights chatting491. Amazing Grace sung by a small group of Muslim and Christian students in harmony together492. Prayers for breakthrough493. Honesty that is convicting494. Being uninvited from a party at the last minute495. Super slow internet496. Peppery beef stew497. Time to fold laundry498. Forgetting how to spell "laundry"

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